Third-level teaching posts being cut despite need for additional staff, union says

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris. Picture: John Ohle Photography.

Temporary and short-term university teaching posts are being cut, despite a pressing need for additional staff at third-level, the Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT) has said.

It comes amid stern warnings from IFUT that the workload facing third level staff is unsustainable.